Articles on Greek

A son of Poseidon, and Lord of the Winds. He figures in the Odyssey, where Odysseus encounters him and is given a bag containing all the winds (except the one which blows toward Ithaka); Odysseus' sailors open it however, and raise a storm....

(foam-born) Daughter, after a fashion, of Kronos (she is said to have emerged from the sea following his dismemberment by Zeus: his genitalia being cast into the waters off Cyprus), Goddess of sexual passion and physical beauty. Her cult was widespread, and...

(destroyer) Child of Zeus and twin brother of Artemis. A solar God with many attributes and realms of function, His Presence was unendurable to all save Zeus and his mother, Leto. He was before all a purifier, a bringer of justice and Divine Will. He shares...

(warrior) Son of Zeus, and God of warfare and battle. His was an unsavoury repute among the Hellenes; he represented to them the savagery and chaos of battle. His cult was most common among northerners; Epirotes, Makedonians, and Thessalians; and in the south...

An early agrarian Deity from the Aegean and Cyprus whose story has become inextricably mixed with that of the hero Theseus. In that tale, she is a mortal carried off by Theseus after he defeats the Minotaur, but inadvertantly abandoned to die before he...

An obscure deity whose story has become aomewhat confused. He was apparently a son of Apollo, and was considered a healer and oracle. He had a number of agricultural functions, including protection of shepherds, as well as a special connection to beekeeping,...

Twin sister of Apollo, Goddess of wild animals, the wilderness in general, the hunt, and a protectress of womankind in all its aspects. A bucolic Divinity, she is not much seen among the dwellers of Olympus, but she was one of the most popular Divinities...

A daughter, after a fashion, of Zeus (she is said to have sprung whole from his forehead) and Metis. A warrior Goddess, and a patroness of Kings, rulers, the palace, government, and the City (poulis) in general. She has become inextricably associated with her...

(derived from an Aryan root meaning To lift up, To carry) One of the Titans, son of Iapetus. Taking part in the war against Zeus, He was condemned to bear eternally aloft the pillars separating Heaven from Earth. In later times, this became imaged as a giant...

(inflexible) The third of the three Fates, daughter of Zeus out of Themis. She is sometimes pictured as an aged crone bearing a pair of shears. Her office it is to cut the thread of life, and thus finish the span of a person's life. See also Klotho and...

We are now in the sign of Gemini. In that sign we can sometimes feel as if there are two completely different sides of the same person. But it's not always easy to get into contact with the other one. In the sign of Gemini there is a hidden challenge or whish...

I chose to look at Chiron as the teacher of Achilles rather than the more usual naming of him as the wounded healer, which in later times has been used frequently by astrologers, post-Jungians and other therapists. Why? Not because I think the aspect of...

(Laurel) A daughter of Peneus. She was nymph who, uncharacteristic of the breed, abhorred the embrace of men, and preferred to dance in solitude among the mountain meadows. Pursued by Apollo, she emplored her father to keep her chaste. He transformed her into...

A son of Zeus, and God of wine, fruition, and ecstatic celebration. Like Apollo, he was an oracular Deity, and was widely recognized and worshipped with frantic orgiastic rites, especially by women....

At the end of the summer the four elements have worked their alchemy; a good balance between fertile earth, air of the right temperature, the fire of the sun and gentle rain showers will now have resulted in an abundant harvest. Flowers proudly open up to the...

(afterthought) One of the Titans, twin brother to Prometheus. Consort of the first mortal woman, Pandora, he gave into her keeping the famous box she opened against his wish, thus releasing all of humanities ills, but leaving Hope....

(lovely) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Love Poetry. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

(desire) Child of Aphrodite and bringer of passion and love to humanity. It is worth noting that he could perform a reverse function, and cause a person to abhor contact with others; one instance of this was his irritation with Apollo for boasting of his...

(delight) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Lyric Poetry. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

(youthful vigour) Daughter of Zeus and Hera, Cupbearer of the Gods, and Patroness of domestic virtues and work. Hebe presents the traditional valuation of femininity within the Mediterranean Classic world, that of helpmate, household worker, and compliant...

Myth of Hecate Hecate is known as the dark Goddess of the moon. She witnessed the abduction of Persephone, daughter of Demeter. She was able to act as a mediator when Demeter bargained with Zeus to rescue her daughter. Hecate herself, presided over Persephone'...

(one hundred) Daughter of Perses and Asteria, She was a Goddess of travels by night, especially a patroness of crossroads, and by extension, any choice made in darkness or incomplete knowledge. She is often portrayed bearing two torches, and she has close...

Child of Zeus and Hera, craftsman and smith of the Gods and, as is so often the case among Aryan smithy Deities, lame. Among the Hellenes, he was something of a hapless fool, a figure of jest and contempt. This stems from the very strong Classic Mediterranean...

(protectress. cf. "Hero"=defender)Daughter of Kronos and Rhea, wife of Zeus and Queen of the Universe. Her jealousies and vengeances are legendary; not, perhaps, surprising in light of Zeus' proclivities. She is a patroness of the matronly virtues,...

(glorious protector)Son of Zeus and a mortal, he has a very rich and complex mythology associated with him. As a mortal, his travels and adventures are legendary, and he has become known as the quintessential Hero. His journeys and labors can be seen as an...

(cairn) Son of Zeus, and a Deity of many functions and attributes. He is best known as the Messenger and Herald of the Gods, but he is also a fertility God, a Lord of fortune and fate, and a patron of both merchants and thieves. As Herald he combines...

Daughter of Kronos and Rhea, Goddess of family life and the hearth. Like Artemis, Hestia has no consort and remains a maiden. Her primary functions are patronage of hospitality to guests in an outward sense, and family unity in an inward sense. Her cult was...

(Oath) Child of Eris, and the divine spirit of oaths and solemn promises; by the Hellenes a bitter and grievous obligation, since they regarded the binding to an oath as a surrender to the dubious mercy of the Gods....

An obscure Deity, perhaps a son of Zeus, Associated with Demeter in some ways (one tradition holds Him to be Her son), His chief function was an involvement in the Eleusinian Mysteries, where His name was invoked at the beginning of the rites, and his image...

(rainbow) Daughter of Thaumas, and Goddess of the rainbow. Like Hermes, she was a messenger and herald, and she served as an oath-taker on solemn occasions among the Gods, bearing a jar containing water from the River Styx, which would render a Divinity...

(beautiful voice) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Epic Poetry. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

A pair of twins, one (Polydeukes) immortal, the other mortal. Polydeukes is a Patron of Horses, and despite Kastor's mortality, the two are inseperable. They were seen as rescuers of those in dire need, especially at sea, and the electrical phenomenon known...

The story of King Midas is the classical story of what can happen if somebody acquires all he ever wished for. According to myth, king Midas once took care of Silenos, the drunken follower to Dionysos, and housed and fed him when in a drunken state he had...

The story of king Pentheus and his fateful encounter with the god Dionysus is both horrifying and carries a certain warning. There arrived one day in Thebes a dancing god of great beauty and magnetism. So strong was his pull that all the women in that town...

(celebrate) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of History. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

(spinner) The first of the three Fates, daughter of Zeus out of Themis. She is sometimes pictured as a young maiden bearing a spindle. Her office it is to take the stuff of life and spin it into thread. See also Atropos and Lachesis....

A son of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth), Lord of the Titans, and Ruler of the Universe in beginning times. The father of many of the Olympian Divinities, He swallowed them all as infants, rather than permit one to supplant him as he had supplanted his...

(allotter) The second of the three Fates, daughter of Zeus out of Themis. She is sometimes pictured as a matronly woman holding a length of thread. Her office it is to measure out, either long or short, the length of a person's life thread. See also Atropos...

One of the Titans, daughter of Koeus and Phoebe. By Zeus, she is the mother of Apollo and Artemis. She also seems to have some function as a fertility Deity, and an epithet of hers, "Kourotrophos", rearer of youths, hints at further associations....

(choir) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Tragedy. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

(wisdom) One of the Titans, child of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). Among them, she was considered the most wise, and is said to have provided the young Zeus with good advice when he began the battle against his father. By Zeus, she is the mother of...

(memory) One of the Titans, child of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). By Zeus, she is the mother of the Muses. See Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

(due enactment) Child of Nyx, Goddess of divine vengeance, and implacable retribution. She is usually imaged bearing a scourge and a wheel. The latter seems to hint at an association with earlier seasonal Divinities....

(wet one) Eldest child of Pontos, and a Divinity of the Waters who seems not to be a Titan or Olympian, but of a different order. He is called "the Old Man of the Sea", and is said to govern with gentle and secret wisdom. By Doris, he is the father...

Nyx is Night, a powerful goddess whose dark light falls from the stars and who dictates not only to men but also to gods. Even Zeus does not wish to upset Night: It happened that Hera bribed Hypnos in order to make Zeus fall asleep, so that she could have it...

Osiris, the king of Egypt was beloved by all his people. He taught them to plow the earth, to honor the gods and he gave them laws to live by. But his brother Seth was jealous and plotted against him to become king in his place. Even though his queen, Isis,...

(pasturer) Goat-footed and horned God of field, grove, and wooded glen. The son of Hermes, he was a shepherds Divinity, concerned with fertility, the wildwood, and solitary pipe-music. He had a somewhat disreputable image in the Classic world on account of...

Daughter of Demeter, beloved of Hades. He kidnapped her and took her to his Under-Earth Realm, where she pined for the sun and the sky. Her mother searched over all the land for her and, not finding her, withdrew Her Attribute from the land, causing barreness...

Persephone is a Goddess whose history has been mainly inferred from ancient mythological placement of her as Demeter’s daughter and Hades wife. She has rarely been addressed outside of the context of her connection to these two more infamous individuals....

The word Virgo means simply "unmarried woman". It has nothing at all to do with sexuality. It denotes a woman who does not belong to any man, who is whole within herself, she does not need a man to identify herself through. It also means "intact...

Aries as the male tendency to fight for a cause, perhaps rarely realizing the cause may just as well be an effort to liberate something within as trying to fight for a worldly prize. The picture shows Perseus as he frees Andromeda from the cliff which she is...

The aspect of Apollo most closely associated with the sun. Phoebus was the driver of the Solar Chariot, or in some versions the Solar Disc itself, moving in regular step across the sky and thus regulating the hours and the...

(many songs) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Sacred Poetry. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania....

Son of Kronos and Rhea, principle God of the Sea, in concert with many other spirits, godlings and Deities of that Realm. He also had patronage over horses, and in fact was said to have created them....

(Forethought) One of the Titans, child of Iapetus. He is said to have created mankind and, when they appeared helpless to cope with the world, he ascended to Olympus and stole fire from the Gods, giving it to mankind. For this feat of lese-majeste, he was...

Prometheus is known for stealing the holy fire from Zeus. He was one of the titans, the old gods who lived already at the beginning of time and together with Zeus he had created the humans and taught them to walk upright while Zeus had blown life into them....

Look at a flame of a fire or just a small candle. See how mesmerizing the ever-changing forms of the fire are? Do you experience the pleasant warmth, romantic feelings or sense of truly being at home, brought about by the flames? From old fire is regarded as...

A Divinity of the sea, the herder of the sea's "flocks" (seals and suchlike). Imaged as an grumpy old man, he was a wisdom-master, and knows all things, past, present, and future. He will not divulge his knowledge unless, catching him unawares, one...

One of the Titans, daughter of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). Consort of Kronos and mother of a number of Olympian Divinities, including Zeus, whom she concealed from his father until he could overthrow him and assume the Lordship of Creation....

(the Hateful. derived from a root meaning "Icy cold") A cthonian river spirit, tutelary to the underground River Styx, the touch of whose waters brought unconciousness (permanent in mortals, temporary to the Gods)....

This may not at all sound as it could have something to do with Libra, but the story goes like this: Teiresias one day happens into the sacred grove of Hera, where he comes upon two snakes coupling in the grass. The moment is ill chosen, for it shows that...

(delight of dancing) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Choral Dance. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Thalia, and Urania....

(disposer) One of the Titans, child of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). She is the consort of Okeanos, and by him mother of the Nymphs. Also called Thetis. Thalia I (festivity) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Comedy. The Muses are daughters...

(festivity) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Comedy. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, and Urania. (festivity) One...

A trio of Goddesses, the Graces, originally fertility Divinities but later becoming urbanized and focused on social roles. In the latter role they are often associated with Aphrodite: Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia....

Daughters of Atlas and Pleione, their number varies in the telling of the tale, usually it is five or seven. They are said to have been transformed into a tightly-knit group of stars upon their collective suicide in despair over the demise of their brother...

The daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Transformed into a tightly-knit group of stars to evade capture by the Huntsman Orion, or, in a differing tradition, because of the despair they felt when their father was condemned to bear eternally aloft the Earth:...

Not arranged as a distinct class in and of itself, here is, even so, the catalogue of the first entities to manifest in the Hellenic cosmology, and the sources for all the rest: Aether, Chaos, Erebus, Gaea, Hemera, Nyx, Phanes, Pontos, Uranus. These beings...

(order) One of the Titans, child of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth). By Zeus, she is the mother of Dike, Irene, and others. She is the Goddess of wise counsel, and She governs law, ceremony, and the translation of Divine Will. She was oracular, and a...

A precursor race of Divine entities, essentially composing a pantheon itself. The eldest are said to have emerged from Primal matter (Gaea and Uranus), they were all eventually supplanted by their children, the Olympians, although some retained their...

(luck) Child of Okeanos, and Goddess of luck and chance. The ancient Hellenes viewed Her with a certain uneasiness, rightly seeing Her as distributing Her Attribute senselessly and without rhyme or reason. They said that she was closely followed by Nemesis,...

(heavenly) One of the nine Muses. Her realm was that of Astronomy. The Muses are daughters of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and between them inspire creative workings. See also Erato, Euterpe, Kalliope, Klio, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, and Thalia....

(derived from Aryan: "Dyaus"=God) Son of Kronos and Rhea, King of the Gods and Lord of the Universe. Threatened with death at an early age by a jealous and paranoid father, his life was preserved by his mother, and he supplanted his father in what...

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